Definitions for specify

specify spec·i·fy

Spelling: [spes-uh-fahy]
IPA: /ˈspɛs əˌfaɪ/

Specify is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in specify (cefipsy).

Definitions for specify

verb (used with object)

  1. to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail:
  2. to give a specific character to.
  3. to set forth as a specification.
  4. to name or state as a condition:

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a specific mention or statement.

Origin of specify

1250-1300; Middle English specyfyen Old French specifier Medieval Latin specificāre. See specific, -fy

Examples for specify

We can specify other features of the society connected with this type of household.

He declined to specify which details had raised this concern.

Miftakhov did not specify what ‘things’ were and (the officer) did not ask him to specify.

The indictment does not specify regicide as the prisoner's treason.

He would not specify which deductions he'd eliminate, or by how much, or for whom exactly.

However, the hospital has declined requests by the Royalist and others to specify exactly what that support entailed.

Carney declined to specify how the decision to indict Chinese officials publicly was coordinated with the White House.

Passing by many particulars of the discipline of nature, we must not omit to specify two.

But there is no attempt in the Review to specify a whirlwind.

I am not bound to specify the labor that he could undertake.

Word Value for specify
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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